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Poster: | grendelschoice | Date: | Jun 28, 2012 8:04am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: The Supremes |
Roberts sides w/Obama argument that this equates to a tax, which is authorized by Congress to levy...5-4 decision.
Just remember: This was a Republican idea originally, in the 1990's. Now, tools like McConnell and the rest of the hard right wing nut contingent say it's a "terrible law that must be repealed."
Amazing rabbit hole stuff from these hypocritical idiots.
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Poster: | Mandojammer | Date: | Jun 28, 2012 8:38am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: The Supremes |
When you step back and observe that this was the same court that said States weren't allowed to uphold Federal law, or in the absence of Federal law, enact their own (recent Immigration ruling in AZ) and also ruled with Citizens United that corporations were "people" and afforded 1st Amendment protections (read as "Allowed to make nearly unlimited contributions to political figures in exchange for favorable legislation) can you come to any other conclusion that this country is headed for some interesting times?
Now for that dollar meltdown.....because nobody wants to talk about the real 800 pound gorilla in the room.....
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Poster: | grendelschoice | Date: | Jun 28, 2012 9:57am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: The Supremes |
Still, Citizens United was brought to us almost entirely by Roberts, who went out of his way to bring it up at all.
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Poster: | Mandojammer | Date: | Jun 28, 2012 11:34am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: The Supremes |
This post was modified by Mandojammer on 2012-06-28 18:34:36
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Poster: | bluedevil | Date: | Jun 28, 2012 9:01am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: The Supremes |
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Poster: | Mandojammer | Date: | Jun 28, 2012 9:05am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: The Supremes |
I'm long Icelandic krona myself. Any country where the people, when given a choice between severe austerity measures to pay off government incurred debt and taking positve action, decide to rise up, throw out the Prime Minister, replace Parliament and rewrite their Consitution that in essence gave the Eurozone a hearty "Heigh-ho, go fuck yourselves and your debt based monetary system" has got to be a good place.
I just wish KFC chicken wasn't $8.00 piece.....but maybe things have changed since '84?
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Poster: | bluedevil | Date: | Jun 28, 2012 9:36am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: The Supremes |
How do you find your way out of the forest if you get lost in Iceland?
Stand up. (told to me by a gal from Rejkavijk (sp?)
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Poster: | Mandojammer | Date: | Jun 28, 2012 11:04am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: The Supremes |
Which airport? The international airport, the NATO airport or the taxi crossing? Wait - one and the same. Our taxi had to stop for a C-141 STARLIFTER and four F-15 EAGLES.
Forests????? I don't remember anything taller than bush three feet high near a geothermal spring....and that was on a 6 foot 3 inch Icelandic woman.........I digress, I had to go there.....craven has been rubbing off on me lately.